I-580 Car Fire Spreads Overnight, Sparks Brush Fire

LIVERMORE, CA — An I-580 car fire spread into vegetation early Thursday morning in unincorporated Alameda County, near Livermore.

The family escaped the car before it went up in flames, Alameda County Fire said Thursday morning.

The fire was reported around midnight and spread into the center median in the area east of Greenville Road. The fire grew to a quarter-acre and was contained at a half-acre, according to Alameda County Fire.

The Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department also battled the blaze.

Two lanes were shut down for about an hour as firefighters worked.

See scenes from the firefight below:

Last night at 12:03 am, ACFD and LPFD responded to a vehicle fire into the vegetation. Once at the scene, ff’s had one SUV on fire approx ¼ acre in the center median. The family got out before the fire started. 2 lanes shut down for approx—1 hours Fire was contained to ½ acre. pic.twitter.com/a2BYd0nlY1
— Alameda County Fire (@AlamedaCoFire) October 1, 2020